Papua Earthquake_200710
© USGSEarthquake Location
Date-Time:
Tuesday, July 20, 2010 at 19:18:23 UTC

Wednesday, July 21, 2010 at 05:18:23 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location:
5.917°S, 150.681°E

Depth:
35.9 km (22.3 miles)

Region:
NEW BRITAIN REGION, PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Distances:
70 km (45 miles) SE of Kimbe, New Britain, PNG

130 km (80 miles) ENE of Kandrian, New Britain, PNG

550 km (340 miles) NE of PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea

2400 km (1490 miles) N of BRISBANE, Queensland, Australia

Location Uncertainty:
horizontal +/- 7.7 km (4.8 miles); depth +/- 18.8 km (11.7 miles)

Parameters:
NST= 78, Nph= 78, Dmin=547.7 km, Rmss=1.26 sec, Gp= 36°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6

Source:
USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID:
us2010yybw